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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a settlement in a contested case involving an |
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integrated utility operating outside of ERCOT in areas of the |
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Western Electricity Coordinating Council. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 14.054, Utilities Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) A settlement that resolves a contested case involving an |
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integrated utility operating outside of ERCOT, in areas of this |
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state that are included in the Western Electricity Coordinating |
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Council, to which the applicant and all parties, other than the |
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commission, have agreed, is presumed to be just, reasonable, and in |
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the public interest, provided the agreement does not violate other |
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provisions of law. |
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(d) The commission staff may not take a position before the |
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commission relating to a settlement described by Subsection (c). |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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settlement related to a contested case reached on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A settlement related to a contested case |
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reached before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
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in effect immediately before that date, and that law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |